Rt Rev Owen Nwokolo, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Niger, has dismissed Rev Canon Sylvester LumenKristi Eboh, a priest in the diocese, for acts of insubordination.
Eboh had called out earlier this week about a threat to his life, stating that certain religious forces were pursuing his life and had stolen his wife away from him.
The priest also announced that he had resigned as a priest in the diocese and would now focus on his own ministry, God in Action Adoration Ministry, Ogidi.
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But, according to the Bishop of the Niger, Rt Rev Nwokolo, who addressed media in Awka on Thursday through the Deputy-Chancellor Diocese of the Niger, Barr Ben Uzuegbu (SAN), the priest never quit but was fired.
“For a long time, there have been a succession of complaints about the priest, and all attempts by the Bishop to call him to account for the claims against him have been disregarded,” Uzuegbu added.
“This is a clergyman who went over and above to register a separate religious group without the church’s knowledge.
“Despite all of the allegations about this priest, attempts to bring him before the Bishop have been refused.”
“We should not have gone to the media with this, but because he has already done so, we feel compelled to call you all to give you the whole thing.”
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“Sylvester LumenKristi Eboh has been using his religious group to make a lot of money from unsuspecting members of the church, which he in turn lavishes on women and a lifestyle of pleasure.
“There is still a complaint against him by a lawyer in Awka here that he made love severally to a certain member of the church and put her in the family way.
“His wife (priest’s) is presently not living with him because of that lifestyle. The wife complained severally to the church that her husband brought in a strange woman as his secretary, who he later started sleeping with. He is known to have severally beaten up his wife in front of this strange woman. When she couldn’t bear it any longer, she had to leave him.”
Uzuegbu said Eboh’s license has been withdrawn, and he ceases to be a priest of the church, while also warning members of the church to beware of him, accusing him of being deep into voodooism.
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